Improvement in bottle-wrappers



B. D. MARKS. Bottle-Wrapp er.

,297. Patented Aug. 5, 1879 'JZtteat:

N. PETERS, PHOTOJJTHOGRAPMER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENNETT D. MARKS, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOTTLE-WRAPPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 218,297, dated August5, 1879 application filed June 9, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENNETT D. MARKS, ofLouisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Wrappers for Bottles,Jars, &c., of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

My improvement relates to a cheap and efficient way of packing bottlesor other vessels liable to fracture in a small compass fortransportation.

My improvement consists in wrapping the bottle or other vessel in asheet of thin wood, or what is sometimes called wood paper, andretaining it with compressible bands.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows the wrapping around a bottle, one halfin side elevation and the other half in section at b b, Fig. 2. Fig. 2is a transverse section at a a, Fig. 1.

I will describe the wrapper as applied to a bottle; but it is applicablein substantially the same manner to jars or other vessels liable tofracture.

A is the bottle. B is a sheet of thin wood surrounding the bottle, andheld thereon by bands 0 of india-rubber or other compressible material.

The grain of the wood should run lengthwise of the bottle, so that thetransverse flexibility of the sheet may be availed of to enable it totake the curvature of the bottle.

The rigidity of the sheet lengthwise of the grain is suflicient todiffuse the force of a blow over so much space that there is littledanger of cracking the glass. The bands 0 also constitute an element ofsafety, because they act as springs to prevent the dangerous concussionof bottles against each other.

I do not claim in this application the simple use of rubber bands upon abottle as a preservative from breakage, as I expect to make this thesubject-matter of another application; but

What I claim herein as my invention is A bottle-Wrapper composed of thewooden sheet B and encircling elastic retaining-bands O, substantiallyas set forth.

BENNETT D. MARKS.

Witnesses SAML. KNIGHT, GEo. H. KNIGHT.

